N.Y. Times Crossword – Tuesday, August 8, 2017

By: Dan Flanagan Theme: Fractions with the same numerator and denominator (essentially 1) Difficulty (0-10): 2 Time: 14:47This one felt even easier than yesterday’s although it took longer to solve. There are four “theme” clues in this puzzle:

17A :4/4: –COMMONTIME

27A:11/11 – VETERANSDAY

44A: – 20/20 – GREATVISION

60A: – 50/50 – EVENSTEVEN

To me, 17A answer seemed contorted to fit the theme. I took a variety music lessons for a few years, and I didn’t remember 4/4 time being referred to as common time. Maybe old age has caught up with me because when I looked it up, 4/4 time is frequently referred to as common time. I don’t know how I forgot that. For those who never did take music, the numbers in 4/4 time represent a musical time signature. The top number tells you how many beats are in a measure. The bottom number tells you what type of note get the beat. So, in 4/4 time there are four beats per measure and those beats are puncuated by four evenly spaced notes. The cadence for 4/4 time is one, two, three, four: one, two three, four: one, two, three, four: and so on…)